The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-05-20

night.
How are you, Postmaster Ochsner,
shake!
A. r. Latchcm has 100 acres of barley
in crop.
Will the eagle scream in Kimball on
the Fourth?
Assessor Saylor is busy at work over
the township.
Mitchell has got uniforms sufficient to
rig out 50 men.
Monday was cold and rainy. Fires
were necessity.
j. p. Becbc is added dormcr win
dow to his house.
Our exchanges report local rains all
over the territory last week
1t is against the law to kill or hunt any
game birds in Dakota until Sept. 1.
Reduced rates will be made from Kim
ball to Chamberlain Decoration day.
The hotels are taxed to their utmost
capacity to accommodate the big biz
The lumber for the new school house
is ordered and will be here about June /.
Samples of the Iowa State Weekly
Register can always be had at this Office
There has been more sidewalks built
in Kmball this spring than in any pre-
vious year.
The GRApHIc went to press last week
one day too early to announce fine, re-
freshing rain.
Contractor Hammel and men are now
at work getting out brackets for the new
school building.
John jacobson writes us from Hills
boro (Trail County, that crops are badly
| in need of rain.
| There seems to be more ball playing
going on in Dakota than ever before
except in Kmball.
The Columbian artcsian well which
has been useless for year is furnishing
plenty of water again.
A scissors grinder was tinkling his bell
| along our streets Monday-au unusual
sight in the far West.
Ochsncr Bros. have constructed 10.
barrel gasoline tank for the storage OF
the fluid under ground.
w l.. Thorndykc is building 40 &C
addition, in the shape of an L, to his
house on Second street.
Lucas S Spalding. of Chamberlain,
advertise money to loan in to-day
GRArnlc. Read what they say.
DR.. Miller has secured the contract fol
furnishing the paper for the Masonic
Hall and the Odd Fellows Hall.
A GOO pound bell for the NJ. E. churcl
is on the way. 1t was presented to tho
church by a benevolent New York City
lady.
Wolf Bros. have one of the best 100
acre pastures in the county and will tax
a limited number of colts to pasture
Good water.
Two of the girls employed at the Kim
ball House had considerable sport Wed
ncsday night masqucrading around tn
hotel in mems clothes.
The Odd Fellows will dedicate thei
hall on the evening of June 1. Their
will be a banquet, toasts. speeches AM
the usual program on such occasions.
There are 81. .253 postonices in tn
United S,atcs-inder
And yet Judge Long carries his wife
letters in his pockets two weeks befor
he mails them.
j. A. Smith has purchased Ncwbury
Stoddard c: Cos. stock of lumber a
I. this place. and both yards are now CON
bined, making one immense stock.-Pul
mana Press.
There is not only territorial la,
against killing ducks at this time of yea
@ but also q city ordinance against shop
ing around the lake. Those partit
shooting at ducks Thursday mornin
: had better "look little out"
1t is needless to call attention to til
advertisements of the Farmers & Ira,
ers Bank and the kimhnll Milling Co.
\ two of kimballs most cntcrprising al
worthy nstitutions-which appear in t
days paper. The ads are too plain I
be missed.
The engines on this division OF IL
". Milwaukee were draped in mOurnir
q, last week in honor of James w. Thom]
: son, of Mason City who died in tn
city on the l2th inst. He was, with ol
CO exception, the Oldest engine driver III Il
~ United Stat cs.
i'd Joseph Benda, Bohemian, llvir
:" southwest of town, got too much be
aboard, Monday, and, upon refusing
- 20 home, was locked in the calahoo
by Marshal Nlasak over night. On Il
- following morning Justice Sedgwi
Y fined him SIS and costs, amounting in
to Sl7 65.
r. u. The will be services at the Method
church on Sunday the 2and inst at TO-
a. m, and 730 p. III. Rev. NJ Bark
will occupy the pulpit in the cvcnil
. Sabbath school at 1870 a. M. A c.
\ dial invitation is extended to all to
!, present at these meetings. Prayer me
- ing every Wednesday evening.
AS stated in the GRAPHIC last wet
pit the G. A. r. post of kimball will 80
Chamberlain and join the post of Il
place in the observance of DECORATE
day. A SPECIAL train will convey tn
= and Others wishing to go. Upon the
y turn of the post to klmball, memol
exercises, decoration of graves, etc. Y
take place here, of which full progr
will be published next week.
The Kmball postotfice was first
Gated in the store Of II. S. DANES, in
y " 1881. Shortly after it was remo'
into Ochsner Bros. hardware ste
|. From there it was removed TO the d